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FA-4-Microeconomics

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

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Class
Date
1.

Which of the following is NOT a factor influencing demand?

a)

the price of substitute goods

b)

The price of labour

c)

The income of consumers

d)

The price of complementary goods

2.

Which of the following creates a shift in the supply curve?

a)

Employing more labour to work the capital.

b)

Cleaning and maintaining the capital.

c)

An increase in the cost of land.

d)

An increase in competition in the market.

3.

What is opportunity cost?

a)

Difference between the price and the price of the next best

b)

Difference in production cost and selling price.

c)

The cost of production of the good in question.

d)

The price of the good in question.

4.

On the diagram, what is the producer surplus?

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

5.

Which one of the following is NOT a definition of allocative efficiency?

a)

When producer and consumer surplus are maximized.

b)

When MSC equals MSB

c)

When supply equals demand, taking intp account externalities

d)

When all consumer wants are satified

6.

A free market is...

a)

One without tax on income or sales

b)

One without any government imposed legal restriction

c)

One that always operates in society's best interests

d)

One where price mechanism dictates prices and output

7.

Free markets operating at allocative efficiency ensure that ...

a)

Everybody has everything that they want and need

b)

Resources are allocated in the best interests of society

c)

Resource allocation is unsustainable

d)

Everything is awesome

8.

Which of the following goods is most likely to have highly inelastic demand?

a)

A litre of petrol (95 octaine fuel)

b)

A Mars Bar

c)

A Norweigian Air flight ticket

d)

A Hesburger

9.

When XED is negative, the goods in question are...

a)

complementary goods

b)

Substitute goods

c)

Unrelated goods

d)

Consumer goods

10.

When YED is negative, the good in question...

a)

doesn't actually exist

b)

is a normal good

c)

is a necessity

d)

is an inferior good

11.

An indirect tax is one that...

a)

consumers pay on what they buy

b)

consumers pay on what they receive as income

c)

consumers pay to local government via the central government

d)

consumers pay on all imported goods

12.

Which of the following is an example of a ceiling price?

a)

Milk prices in the EU

b)

Minimum wages in Finland

c)

Rent controls in Berlin

d)

Oil prices of over $150/barrel

13.

In theory a minimum wage is a bad idea because...

a)

It removes the incentive to work.

b)

reduces the supply of labour.

c)

it increases the demand for labour.

d)

it creates unemployment in the labour market

14.

Which of the following is an example of market failure?

a)

Hesburger going bankrupt because of Burger King & McDonald's

b)

Starbucks not openning an outlet near by.

c)

An intelligent student not going to Oxford due to the cost

d)

Picking mushrooms and berries for personal consumption

15.

What is a free rider?

a)

Motorcycle riders on private roads

b)

People who pay no taxes

c)

People that benefit from public goods without contributing.

d)

A person riding illegally

16.

Which of the following is NOT a solution to market failure in higher education?

a)

Government support to pay private university tuition fees

b)

Government subsidy to private universities

c)

Building and expanding free public universities

d)

Privatising free public universities

17.

CO emissions from the burning of fossil fuel are an example of...

a)

Sustainable use of scarce resources

b)

A complete failure of the price mechanism and free market

c)

Allocative efficiency in the free market

d)

The efficiency of the price mechanism

18.

When governments attempt to control a perfectly competitive market, _____ is a result.

a)

deadweight loss

b)

monopoly

c)

subsidy

d)

marginal cost

19.

Which type of tax is a percentage of the price of an item?

a)

Direct tax

b)

Indirect Tax

c)

Ad Valorem Tax

d)

Specific Tax

20.

Any consumer who is willing and able to buy a good for a higher cost but doesn't have to = ?

a)

consumer surplus

b)

consumer expenditure

c)

excess demand

d)

positive consumer externality